The Idea of the Union in the Boyar Confederation of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania During the Period of the Rule of Stanisław August (1764–1795)

LTReikšminiai žodžiai: Lietuvos Didžioji Kunigaikštystė (LDK; Grand Duchy of Lithuania; GDL); Stanislovas Augustas Poniatovskis (Stanisław August Poniatowski); Baro konfederacija; Stanislaw August Poniatowski; Boyar Confederation.

ENStanislaw August Poniatowski considered the centralization of the state the most important task of his policies. His policies for the consolidation and unification of the executive and court authorities and the creation of a unitary Republic of Poland confronted the efforts of the representatives of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania to maintain the union relations of Lithuania and Poland -- with both countries seeking to find in public discourse the most acceptable alternative projects for the reform of the "renewal" as well as the "compression" of the Union of Lublin. The representatives of the political elite of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania was set against the demands of the "preservation of the union". [From the publication]